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" I have confidence in how I've trained and prepared myself. I've dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out. "

Nathan Chen

Be Kind

Time

Myself

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Dream

Team

" I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating. "

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" There's always things that I can improve on. "

" I like the challenge and instant gratification of landing a new jump or learning a new element. That made me fall in love with the sport. "

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Love

New

" You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough. "

" I think that ballet and skating definitely go hand in hand, especially growing up at Ballet West, which is an incredible academy. "

" I've skated after Yuzu a handful of times. The only thing I can take away from it is to be prepared for the Pooh-bears to be raining down from the audience. "

" When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through. "

" I really like to bike outdoors and love the weight-based workouts that I do. I am not the biggest fan of other cardio-based workouts. Off-season cardio sessions are pretty grueling. "

" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "

" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "

" I like biology a lot. "

Nathan Chen

Biology

Lot

" That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters. "

" Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous. "

" Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I wanted to be there; I wanted to represent the U.S. "

" I wanted to be a goalie. "

Nathan Chen

Wanted

" I have my own life to live. "

" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "

" It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not. "

Nathan Chen

Myself

Competition

" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "

Nathan Chen

Competitive

Training

" Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge. "

" It's reassuring knowing that people are supporting me and want to know more about me. It comes with being the national champion and making the Olympic team. I think that it's telling me I'm on the right path. "

Nathan Chen

Think

Team

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" If the jump is perfect, you come out, and you feel like you took a three-pointer in basketball or doing the perfect thing in whatever your sport is. You just get that adrenaline rush, a sense of satisfaction, like you want to do it again and again. "